THE SUPER ADVENTURES OF SOPHIE IN THE CITY by Kelly Florio Kasouf, $29.99, www.barneys.com; Barney’s New York (Los Angeles, Dallas, New York, Chicago) Summary: A fashionable fairy tale for stylish tweens about an NYC girl excited about visiting her father's glamourous offices in the world of fashion magazine publishing.

STINKY KIDS AND THE RUNAWAY SCISSORS by Britt Menzies, $16.95, www.deltapublishing.com, and MADAME ALEXANDERStinky Kids Britt cloth doll, $16.99, www.fao.com Summary: Britt is faced with a sticky situation in her life and gets her friends to help her.

GIANT STEPS TO CHANGE THE WORLD by Spike Lee & Tonya Lewis Lee, $14.79, www.barnesandnoble.com Summary: Inspiring story that encourages readers to follow in the footsteps of those who came before, to reject fears of inadequacy, and to ponder what they can contribute to society.

LMNO PEAS by Keith Baker, $15.90, www.target.com Summary: A cast of busy little peas romp through the alphabet of 4-inch high letters on each page.

CHALK by Bill Thomson, $9.91, www.booksamillion.com Summary: In this wordless, stunningly illustrated book, three children discover a magical bag of chalk on a rainy day.

BACK OF THE BUS by Aaron Reynolds, $14.44, www.booksamillion.com Summary: With childlike words and powerful illustrations, Rosa Parks' act of defiance is shown through the eyes of a fictional fellow passenger, a child who will never forget.

INTERRUPTING CHICKEN by David Ezra Stein, $10.98, www.barnesandnoble.com Summary: It's bedtime for a little red chicken who has a habit of interrupting. As her yawning papa tries to make it through some popular fairy tales, she can't help herself from interjecting in this funny, charming story.

DOODLE COOK by Herve Tullet, $14.95, www.phaidon.com Summary: An inventive step by step doodle book with 'recipes' for making 'tasty' artistic creations.